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"sense": "astronomy: phase of the moon",
"word": "puolikuu"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "astronomy: phase of the moon",
"word": "dicotomia"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "biology: bifurcation in a stem or vein",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dikotomi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "biology: bifurcation in a stem or vein",
"word": "dikotomia"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "biology: bifurcation in a stem or vein",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dikotomi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "biology: bifurcation in a stem or vein",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dikotomi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "biology: bifurcation in a stem or vein",
"word": "dicotomia"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"dichotomy"
],
"word": "dichotomy"
}
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